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BOTTLE LABELING MACHINE.

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EDWARD ERMOLD, OF-NEW YORK, N. Y.

BOTTLE-LABELING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 20, 1919.

Application filed March 15, 1918. Serial N 0. 222,538.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, EDWARD ERMOLD, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottle- Labeling Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in machines for applying labels to bottles, and comprises improvements upon the machine for the same purpose set forth in my Patent No. 1,023,143, dated April 16, 1912.

The objects of my invention are to provide means for automatically. ejecting the bottle from the machine, as soon as it has been labeled. Further objects of the invention are to provide means for receiving the bottle as it is ejected from the machine and conveying it away therefrom. To the accomplishment of the above objects and to such others as may hereinafter appear the invention comprises a bottle labeling machine provided with an ejector which is'arranged to eject the bottle, as soon as ithas been labeled, upon a traveling conveyer which carries the bottle away from the machine.

An important object of the invention, as sufficiently explained hereinafter, is'to provide a simpleand effective ejecting mechanism adapted to a bottle labeling machine in which the bottle is placed for labeling in a horizontal position upon a support with respect to which the bottle is free to move endwise, and in which the labeling devices move toward and from the bottle in a substantially vertical direction. To this end the ejecting means comprises an ejector ar ranged to act as a stop for the base of the bottle as it rests on said support, and in the ejecting action is moved forward above said sup ort by means actuated by the drive sha of the machine. A further object is to provide a suitable conveyer to receive bottles ejected in the manner described.

I will now proceed to describe my invention with reference to the accompanying drawings.

In the drawings:

Fi re 1, shows a front elevation of a bottle la cling machine and a conveyer embodying my invention.

Fig. 2, shows a side elevation of the bottle labeling machine and conveyer shown in Fig. 1, partly in section, with other parts broken away for clearness of illustration.

Fig. 3, shows an enlarged detail perspective view of the bottle rest and bottle ejector.

The different operative parts of the bottle labeling machine, shown in the present instance, are the same as those shown and described in my former patent above mentioned, and will for that reason not be fully described in the specification, as only those parts will be mentioned as are necessary to a clear understanding of the present inventlon.

In the present instance, 1, designates the frame of the bottle labeling machine, in which is supported the cam shaft 14, which, through the medium of suitable cams mounted thereon, operates at suitable intervals, the paste-roller 63, the pickets 52, the presserarm 86, and the wipers 109 and 135. The different parts of the bottle labeling machine acting to withdraw labels from the label boxes 43 and 44 and paste them upon the bottle, inserted by hand, in the bottle-rest 22, secured to the frame of the machine.

In accordance with the present invention, and'in order to eject the bottle from the bottle-rest after it has been labeled, the cam shaft 14 is provided with a cam a, which is arranged to engage, at each revolution of the cam shaft 14, a roller 12 secured to a lever c.

In the present instance the lever 0 is forked at one end and is arranged to embrace the cam shaft 14, adjacent the cam a. The other end of the lever 0 is pivoted to one end of a short lever 03 secured to one end of a shaft 6 which is supported in suitable brackets f and g, secured to a main bracket h fastened to the frame of the machine. The main bracket h is also arranged to support the bottle-rest 22, by means of an adjustable post 1;. Suitably secured to the shaft e, by means of a clamp j, is one end of an ejector lever in, the other end of which is suitably bent, as shown at Z, to overhang the back portion of the bottle-rest. The overhanging end Z of the ejector lever k is preferably provided with a suitable block m, to which is adjustably secured, in the present instance, a rubber pad 11., which is adapted to engage the bottom of the bottle when the same is inserted in the bottle-rest, as clearly shown in Fig. 3.

From the above description it will be seen that when in the operation of the bottlelabeling machine the cam 66 actuates the lever 0, by engaging the roller Z), the shaft 6 will be oscillated to move the overhanging end Z of the ejector-lever it forward, to eject the bottle lying on the bottle-rest, against the action of a spring 0, one end of which is secured to theframe of the machine and the other end to an arm 19, secured to the shaft 6,.

said spring acting to return the ejector-lever or ejector to its original position when the cam 64 has passed the roller Z).

The cam a is suitably set on the cam shaft 14, so as to engage the roller 1) to actuate the ejector, immediately after the operative parts of the bottle-labeling machine have completed their function of labeling the bottle. The spring 0 acts to immediately return the ejector to normal position after the bottle has been ejected, the overhanging position of the ejector acting normally as a stop for the bottom of the bottle.

Immediately adjacent the front end of the bottle-rest :22 is arranged a continuous transverse belt or conveyer A, which passes around suitable end pulleys B and C, supported in suitable brackets D and E, secured to suitable frame members 13, supported upon uprights G, secured to the floor and braced by means of cross pieces H.

The belt A is operated continuously from right to left through the medium of the pulley C which is connected by means of suitable beveled ears J with one end of a short shaft K suita ly secured to the frame of the conveyer by means of brackets L. The othe1 end of the shaft K is provided with a suitable sprocket wheel which engages a sprocket chain M driven by means of a suitable sprocket wheel on the cam shaft 14:.

In the present instance the left hand end of the conveyer frame preferably extends beyond the discharge end of belt, so that the labeled bottles will accumulate thereon after passing off from the belt. If desired the right hand end of the conveyer frame can also be extended beyond the receiving end of the belt, to permit of bottles to be labeled being placed thereon before they are placed on the belt. In order to prevent the top of the belt from saggin the top of the con veyer frame preferab y extends underneath the same, as shown at N in Fig. 2.

In the operation of the machine the operator stands in front of the same, and as the unlabeled bottles move toward the left hand side of the machine, as viewed in Fig. 1, preferably right-side up on the conveyer, the operator grabs them by the neck and inserts them on the bottle-rest, where they are labeled and ejected on to the belt automatically. As the bottle labeling machine and conveyer operate continually the operator is only obliged to insert the bottles on to the bottle-rest as soon as the previous bottle has been ejected.

As the operator is not obliged to remove the labeled bottles from the labeling machine after they have been labeled, the speed of the labelinomachine can be increased so that considerably more bottles can be labeled in a given space of time than can be labeled by the same machine without the use of the ejector and the conveyer.

IVhile the invention has been described with particular reference to the bottle labeling machine disclosed in my former patent, above mentioned, the same is not to be considered as limited thereto, as many changes can be made and still fall within the scope of the invention set forth in the following claims.

What I claim is:

1. In a bottle labeling machine, the combination with a support adapted to hold a bottle horizontally in position for labeling, labeling means arranged to move approximately vertically toward and from the bottle, a drive shaft and means actuated by the shaft for operating the labeling means, of an ejecting member normally located above and near the back of said support and serving as a rear stop for the bottle, and means actuated by said shaft for moving said member forward over said support to eject the bottle therefrom.

2. In a bottle labeling machine, the combination with a horizontal bottle support, verticall acting labeling means and a drive shaft, of an oscillating ejector arm having a member normally engaging the base, of a bottle above and near the rear of said support, and means operated by said drive shaft and acting when the labeling means are retracted for moving said member forward to eject the bottle from said support.

7 3. In a bottle labeling machine, the combination with a horizontal bottle support, vertically acting labeling means, a drive shaft and a conveyer moving in front of said support, of an oscillating ejector arm having a member normally engaging the base of a bottle above and near the rear of said support, and means operated by said drive shaft and acting when the labeling means are retracted for moving said member forward to eject the bottle from said support upon said conveyer.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

EDWARD ERMOLD, Witnesses:

W. EUGENE BLAUVELT, WATSON D. GAUTINE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of fatents, Washington, D. G." 

